<p>What is preventing you from just picking up the phone? You say that your EC is the President of the Alumni Club of your region. Wouldn’t you like to meet him? At the very least, he could answer the question you’re posting here.</p>
<p>When you contact him, I suggest keeping your list of excuses quite short. A brief mention of a hospital stay should be quite effective. </p>
<p>I’m not an interviewer; the expert on this board is Mikalye, who serves as an international EC. I hope he sees your question, but you should realize that he might not check here for a while. I’m the parent of a MIT student and a professor at another U.S. institution. My gut reaction to your post (whether this is right or wrong) is that you wish to avoid talking with your EC. Be aware that many MIT applicants manage to schedule interviews while working part time, studying for SAT tests, traveling with sports teams, and so on. Apart from the hospital reference, your list of excuses strikes me as somewhat flimsy. </p>
<p>Your EC sounds like a really interesting person, someone you should meet, no matter what happens with MIT admissions. After all, once you graduate from university and begin to seek employment in the real world, you will rely on your social network to learn about job opportunities. You never know how a single conversation can lead to something in the future. Don’t be afraid of it.</p>